Candidate Forum: Planning and Anticipating

Being involved in grassroots activism does not always meaning taking the lead, sometimes it means offering support.

The DFA meet-up in Falls Church is sponsoring a candidate forum on April 1st.

Attending the event are Congressional Candidates:

Shawn O'Donnell http://www.virginiadem.com/ for the 1st district

Judy Feyder http://www.judyfeder.org/ for the 10th district

Andrew Hursthttp://www.hurstforcongress.com/ for the 11th district

Ken Longmyer http://www.kenlongmyerforcongress.com/ for the 11th district

and the 8th congressional district incumbent Jim Moran http://www.jimmoran.org/

Democracy for America & Democracy for Virginia
Proudly Present

THE 2006 CANDIDATE'S FORUM

APRIL 1, 2006

2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

George C Marshall High School

2231 Leesburg Pike

Falls Church, Virginia

Featuring
Democratic Candidates
for
The Senate Congressional Candidates from
House Districts 1, 8, 10, 11

Being interested in what other link ups, AKA meetups, are doing in Virginia, I attended the Falls Church meeting in February. There were 8 people in attendance at the meeting. I think four were regular attendees to the Falls Church link up. The other four attendees were people I recogized from Democract for Virginia meetings. There is an overlap between the Democracy for America link up members and Democracy for Virginia (not all DFV are DFA). It seems that most of the people I have meet are also involved with other orgnizations, like the Virginia Grassroots Coalition, the Arlington County Democratic Committee (ACDC), and so on.

I have not heard much from the Falls Church Linkup organizers of this event, so I have written to check in and offered a list of things that I thought of that may be pertinent to ensuring a great candidate forum for all.

Staying in touch and reaching out when you need help, or when you have an idea, are essential to successful planning.